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Söderbom, Måns; Teal, Francis; Wambugu, Anthony - EconWPA - 2004

firm size and earnings. To establish that such a question is of interest we need to show that the firm size-wage effect …

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Racial Discrimination in the Brazilian Labour Market: Wage, Employment and Segregation Effects

Jean-Louis, Arcand; d'Hombres, Béatrice - EconWPA - 2005

The social science literature has done much to document pervasive racial discrimination in Brazil and there is little doubt that a very dark color is a handicap to social advancement. Nevertheless, very few empirical economic studies have attempted to quantify the impact of ethnic discrimination...

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Playing on profits cycle?

Baryshevsky, Dmitry - EconWPA - 2003

, year-to-year change of earnings multiple P/E tends to anticorrelate with profits cycle. It shows sluggishness of market … trend. It is presence of phase of earnings accumulation. Such accumulation is possible only during periods of significant … outstripping of earnings growth over the market growth. Now there is no phase of earnings accumulation, because market returned to …

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Sheepskin Effects in the Returns to Education by Ethnic Group: Evidence from Northeastern Brazil

Arcand, Jean-Louis; d'Hombres, Béatrice - EconWPA - 2005

The purpose of this paper is to examine inter-ethnic differences in the returns to education for the three main ethnic groups in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador (MRS), Bahia state, in Northeastern Brazil. Our results suggest that sheepskin effects take the traditional form of an additional...

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DO LOWER EXPECTED WAGE BENEFITS EXPLAIN ETHNIC GAPS IN JOB- RELATED TRAINING? EVIDENCE FROM NEW ZEALAND

Gibson, John - EconWPA - 2003

Many studies show that individuals from ethnic minority groups receive low levels of job-related training, raising the question of whether lower expected wage benefits contribute to this lack of training. In this paper, unit record data are used to examine the effect of job- related training on...

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New Directions in Latin American Macroeconometrics

Jr, Thomas M Fullerton; Araki, Eiichi - EconWPA - 2004

An overview of modeling and forecasting methodologies for price trends and other macroeconomic variables in Latin America is provided. Five approaches are reviewed within the time series and econometric traditions from which they are selected. Each method is reviewed within the context of data...

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America Latina: Hambre y Alimentos en Abundancia

Lewin, Paul - EconWPA - 2005

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Fear of China: Is there a future for manufacturing in Latin America?

Moreira, Mauricio Mesquita - EconWPA - 2004

China’s emergence has raised pointed questions about the future of manufacturing in Latin America. Once saw as its economic future, the viability of this activity in the region has long been challenged by traditional trade theory and, in practical terms, by at least three generations of Asian...

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The Latin American and Caribbean Energy Review 2003

Garrón, Mauricio; Villarreal, Alejandro; Chiliquinga, Byron - EconWPA - 2005

The 2003 Energy review,contains information about the 2003 energy situation of each of our member countries, regional data, as well as economic and social indicators corrected and extended through historical series. It presents and innovative structure for analysis that allows the reader to...

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The Globalisation and its Implications for the Economic Development of Latin America

Blum, Matthias; Stosberg, Jörg - EconWPA - 2003

The process of globalisation has in several ways an impact on the Latin American Economies. The recent developments give a carefully optimistic view on the economic consequences for these countries. While all of the Latin American nations still lag behind the industrialised countries with...

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